NCAA Tournament March Madness

#110 New Mexico

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Projected seed: 11 (automatic qualifier)

New Mexico’s résumé is built around a high-quality neutral win over Mississippi State that shows they can beat solid opponents but it is tempered by damaging results such as the road loss at New Mexico State and the neutral-site setback to Nebraska, leaving the Lobos with good wins against lesser nonconference foes but an uneven profile away from home. The Mountain West slate gives them tangible chances to improve with true road tests at San Diego State, Boise State and Utah State and important showdowns with Colorado State, while sit-down home opportunities against Wyoming and Grand Canyon allow them to pad the résumé in more favorable settings. If they can string together a couple of signature road or neutral victories and avoid another bad loss they look comfortably tournament-worthy, but failure to seize those remaining opportunities will keep those earlier blemishes front and center for the committee.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5East Texas A&M299W76-54
11/8UT Arlington183W74-56
11/11UC Riverside267W82-68
11/15@New Mexico St119L76-68
11/20(N)Nebraska48L84-72
11/21(N)Mississippi St78W80-78
11/26Alabama St258W93-87
12/6Santa Clara4939%
12/10@VCU4017%
12/14FGCU16877%
12/20San Jose St18680%
12/30@Boise St6223%
1/3Wyoming10761%
1/6@Colorado St6924%
1/10@Air Force33185%
1/13Grand Canyon10259%
1/17@San Diego St4719%
1/21Fresno St15976%
1/24Nevada9958%
1/27@UNLV13949%
1/31@San Jose St18661%
2/4Utah St4336%
2/7Boise St6243%
2/11@Grand Canyon10237%
2/17Air Force33195%
2/21@Fresno St15956%
2/24@Nevada9936%
2/28San Diego St4737%
3/4Colorado St6945%
3/7@Utah St4318%